Washington State University
Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Management

Emergency Response Preparedness and Planning

The following information relates to emergency management of hazardous materials (chemicals), petroleum products, and potential illicit uses of hazardous materials. For information relating to WSU’s comprehensive emergency management program, please see the WSU Office of Emergency Management webpage.

ES inventories select hazardous materials and prepares emergency response plans to prevent, prepare for and respond to accidental releases. These plans are made available to Federal, State and local emergency response agencies. In addition to the Emergency Management Office, ES also provides assistance to departments and areas in completing their emergency response plans.

ES also coordinates the following programs: